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the port of Rotterdam closes first trimester 2013 with a decrease of 1.0% of the traffic
Smits: for the entire year we expect a modest increase
May 2, 2013
The port of Rotterdam has closed the first trimester of this year with a decrease of 1.0% of the traffic of the goods, that it is piled to 109,1 million tons regarding 110,2 million tons in the first three months of 2012. The import traffic is diminished of 1.9% attesting itself to the 76,5 million one tons, while the export traffic has grown of 1.3% to the 32,6 million one tons.
"Regarding the first trimester of 2012 - it has found the managing director of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Hans Smits - we have had a day (bisestile) in less, pairs to a 1% of handling, but the inclusion of the traffic of the port of Dordrecht beginning from on 1° January has supplied a 0.5%. Visa under this light, in the first three months the traffic has remained much the same. For the entire year we expect that the traffic shows a modest increase".
Altogether in the first three months of the 2013 volume of the liquid bulk it has recorded a contraction of 2.6% coming down to 53,4 million tons, of which 24,2 million tons of crude oil (- 6.5%), 20,8 million oil tons of producing (to +3.0%) and 8,4 million tons of other liquid bulk. The volume total of the solid bulk has been pairs to 20,0 million tons (+4.3%), of which 8,5 million tons of iron mineral and +9.7% scrap (), 6,7 million tons of coal (- 1.8%), 1,7 million tons of agricultural bulk (- 10.6%) and 3,1 million tons of other solid bulk (+14.3%).
segment of the containerized trade is totaled 30,0 million tons (- 0.6%) with a handling of the container pairs to 2,8 million teu (+4% about). The traffic ro-ro has been of 4,4 million tons (+0.8%) and the other goods several has been attested 1,3 million to tons (- 19.6%).
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The port of Rotterdam has closed the first trimester of this year with a decrease of 1.0% of the traffic of the goods, that it is piled to 109,1 million tons regarding 110,2 million tons in the first three months of 2012. The import traffic is diminished of 1.9% attesting itself to the 76,5 million one tons, while the export traffic has grown of 1.3% to the 32,6 million one tons.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
